pre order 5/4/24
1973
Artist Ray and His Court
Format:Vinyl / 12" Album
Label:On High Records
Catalogue No:OHR005LP
Barcode:0671891332817
Genre:Latin
No of Discs:1
Release Date:5 Apr 2024
Track Listings
Disc 1
1La Señorita Lola
2Lo Sabia
3Venimos Acabando
4El Alacran
5La Pena Pa'Goza
6Cookie Crumbs
7De Eso Nada Monada
8Sunny
9Soul Freedom
The King of Miami's Cuban music scene, the late Ray Fernandez, is featured here fronting his enormously talented family band on an album that first brought him into the spotlight. Heavily influenced by deep funk and Latin music, their psych-tinged creations also incorporated many other kaleidoscopic sound infusions, including soul, calypso, Afro-Cuban, and salsa. Fronted by Ray Fernandez, his band included his very talented wife and two sons and proved to be a highly influential group on Miami's Latin music scene in the late '70s. What also made them stand out was their versatility; this group could easily shift from Cuban funk to reggae in a blink. Their instrumentation was also different to the 'norm,' and where a lot of similar sounds were saxophone-led, this band used a bass clarinet. Instead of bongos, Ray and His Court played with the unique Osi drums from Africa. Sampled heavily by DJs worldwide (including DJ Shadow), On High presents a must-have piece of music for any serious Latin, funk, or rare groove collector. Remastered and pressed on audiophile virgin vinyl for your listening pleasure.
